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LITTLE ROCK — More than 48,000 Arkansans have lost or are on the verge of losing coverage under the private option or traditional Medicaid — the vast majority of them because they did not respond quickly to a mailed notice, a development some officials have called surprising and troubling.

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted last week for a six-year extension of federal programs for highways, mass transit and infrastructure while acknowledging it needs to come up with more money to pay for the entire bill.

LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued an executive order Thursday making the state Department of Finance and Administration the host agency for the state Governor’s Developmental Disabilities Council after federal officials classified the council as “high risk.”

LITTLE ROCK — The governor’s task force on the Common Core State Standards recommended Thursday that Arkansas keep Common Core for now but said Gov. Asa Hutchinson should order a comprehensive review of the standards with the goal of revising and replacing them as needed.

LITTLE ROCK — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “crossed the line” with a comment about Arizona Sen. John McCain, according to Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who welcomed Trump to Arkansas last week for a speech at a GOP fundraiser.

LITTLE ROCK — The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network said Friday it has determined that resources assigned to Jason Brady, a former employee of the nonprofit organization and current member of state Treasurer Dennis Milligan’s staff, were improperly used for election purposes.

HOT SPRINGS — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump boasted of his strong position in recent polls, despite controversy, in a speech Friday at a fundraiser for the Republican Party of Arkansas.

LITTLE ROCK — Following the shooting deaths of four Marines on Thursday at a Navy and Marine reserve center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday instructed Arkansas National Guard Adjutant Gen. Mark Berry to arm full-time military personnel in the state.

LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday he accepts and will pursue a list of recommendations contained in a report on a review of the state’s child welfare system that he ordered earlier this year.